Trick-Or-Treat

On Halloween, we went to the Kelepouris' house for some trick-or-treating.

Batman and Robin discuss strategy but disguise their plan by pretending to play with colorful stacking cups. Cunning.

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Ready to get some candy (that will be eaten by Mr. and Mrs. Robin, muahahaha)

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Batman waits for Robin by this amazing Batmobile (created by Peter, Jake's Dad)

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Alex is clearly upset that his father didn't think of such a wonderful idea and shows his disappointment.

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Batman seeks to comfort Robin

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Some wise words

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Robin looks happier

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He decides he'd rather be outside of the Batmobile

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Batman leads the way. Robin is kind of clueless as to what trick-or-treating actually is.

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More fascinated by solar lights at this point

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Spent about 20 minutes going door to door. Alex was confused as to why he was allowed to walk outside in the dark and why kept going up to people's houses.

Matt didn't need a mask for Halloween. His weird expressions were sufficient.

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Best we could do in terms of a family photo. At least no one is blinking.

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Stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's on the way home. Alex goes straight for the candy.
He knows he can get away with it.

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Decisions, decisions.

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Alex didn't want the fun evening to end. He decided he'd dance in his bed for awhile just to keep the party going.

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After 10 minutes of silliness, he was pooped and fell asleep on the floor in the middle of his room!

Halloween Party

In early September I thought it would be a fun idea to have a Halloween party on the last Saturday in October. I know Alex still wouldn't quite understand the concept of trick-or-treating. I wanted to give him the opportunity to dress up though so it would be fun for the whole family.

At first I only thought of inviting those from the mom's group (4-6 of us) but eventually started thinking of others that may also want to come. Over the course of the month the list kept growing and growing.

And then this Saturday, I woke up (with only a few hours until the party) thinking, "Yikes! Did I really invite 10 toddlers to the house?? Am I in over my head? Are we going to have tantrums left and right? Will they be nice about sharing toys?"

Luckily things went way smoother than I had imagined! And we had a fabulous little Halloween party for Alex and his friends on Saturday from 3-6pm. (We took nap schedules into consideration).

Bijal and her boyfriend Andrew were nice enough to come the night before and decorate the house with fake spider webs, spiders, Danger Zombie tape, pumpkins, crows, etc. We didn't want it to be over the top scary in case toddler imaginations ran too wild during bedtime.

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Amber helped me with the menu and we had TONS of food: cookies, cupcakes, cocktail weenies, samosas, ghost and pumpkin shaped sandwiches, rice krispie treats, chicken nuggets, fruit salad, turkey wraps, and lots more.

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Matt dressed up as Ralph Wiggum 'Idaho'. Simpsons fans will get the reference. I was a Luau girl and Alex was Robin, Batman's sidekick.

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His best friend Jake was Batman.

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Batman didn't feel like wearing his helmet and Robin wasn't so keen on his eye mask.

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Jane came as a fairy princess.

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Citlali came as a pirate and her brother Andrew (Bijal's boyfriend) came in army gear

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Dilan the tiger

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Siri was Supergirl and Claire came dressed as a ladybug

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Another Jake came too. He was dressed as a dragon.

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Gabe came as a lion but with it being 80 degrees outside decided the onesie was far more comfortable.

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Amber and I take five. The party would not have been as great without her!

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Matt poses with the dynamic duo

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We gave out slinkies and stickers as treats

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As the party is winding down and the parents are trying to leave, they get delayed by the slide in our front yard

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Daddies being silly with the boys

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Eventually the last guests head out and we're happy that the party was such a great success! Alex keeps using his new favorite phrase "buh-byeeeee"

Alex and the Great Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch in San Jose. The same one we visited last year. At least this year he didn't try to eat all the pumpkins.

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Managed to get a photo with him, what a rarity. Once he's on the ground he wants to run non-stop.

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Inspecting a certain pumpkin.

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So many to choose from.

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On a mission

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Deciding that running around is much more fun

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Eventually when we form our amazing band, we'll use this as the album cover. Alex is clearly the lead

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Got to check out some goats and chickens with Daddy while we were there. Alex kept saying "peep peep"

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Although it looks like we're dragging him here (please don't call CPS) we were actually in the middle of our 'lift him up, set him down, wheee!!' game.

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We may visit again soon since Alex had fun just running around all over the place. Decorated pumpkin photos coming soon.

Auntie Bijal's Company Picnic at Hellyer Park

Happy October! We started the month by attending Auntie Bijal's company picnic at Hellyer Park which is conveniently only a couple of miles away from the house.


Me and Beej. Let's get the party started!

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Alex practicing his tug of war skills

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Puppet show for the kids.

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Grandma entertaining Alex with some weird green bird creature toy.

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Clearly Alex didn't practice enough. Totally losing against mom.

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Exhausted parents who have been on call for nearly a year and half now. Still smiling though! (Crying on the inside)

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A lot of Indian men. And Matt. Preparing for the sack race.

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Matt uses the ole throw your sunglasses in front of you strategy but unfortunately the winner had already crossed the finish line

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Alex and Grandpa watch from the sidelines.

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The women are up next. Looks like its up to me to bring the Willis title home.

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Matt offers his gentle words of encouragement

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Leading the pack!

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CHAMPION!

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Playing one last game designed for couples. We failed miserably at this one.

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A fun afternoon for everyone! Alex is exhausted and ready to go home.

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